Who are the liberals? by James Panero
There seem to me to be a few questions that should not be used to separate liberals from traditional conservatives:
5. In political or military conflict it is wrong to use methods of torture and physical terror.
14. Colonialism and imperialism are wrong.
15. Hotels, motels, stores and restaurants in southern United States ought to be obliged by law to allow Negroes to use all of their facilities on the same basis as whites.
By Federal law? No. State or local law? Perhaps.
30. There are no significant differences in intellectual, moral or civilizing capacity among human races and ethnic types.
Here we should distinguish between natural potential, and the potency of habit and culture.
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1 comment:
I see no reason to make that distinction on the races. The belief that no intrinsic difference exists between the races on any of these scores is a liberal belief, pure and simple. Maybe a conservative could hold that belief, but it's definitely a liberal one.
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